Publications
Koskimaa, R., Välisalo, T., Ruotsalainen, M. & Karhulahti, V.-M. (2021) “Esports Transmedia Universes: The Case of Overwatch“. In Jin, Dal Yong (ed.), Global esports: Transformation of Cultural Perceptions of Competitive Gaming. DOI: 10.5040/9781501368745.0014. Google Books.
Ruotsalainen, M. & Välisalo, T. (2020) “Overwatch is anime” : Exploring an alternative interpretational framework for competitive gaming. DiGRA ’20 : Proceedings of the 2020 DiGRA International Conference: Play Everywhere, Conference of Digital Games Research Association. Digital Games Research Association 2020. http://www.digra.org/wp-content/uploads/digital-library/DiGRA_2020_paper_354.pdf
Välisalo, T. & Ruotsalainen, M. (2019) “I never gave up”: engagement with playable characters and esports players of Overwatch. FDG ’19: Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games, San Luis Obispo, California, August 2019. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3337722.3337769
Presentations
Välisalo, T. & Ruotsalainen, M. (2019) “I never gave up” Engagement with playable characters and esports players of Overwatch” Foundations of Digital Games 2019 San Luis Obispo
Välisalo, T. & Ruotsalainen, M. (2019): The game, the esports, and transmedial user practice” Expa Gathering 26.3.2019 OK
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